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- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 pxiv
- ↑ Richard Davenport-Hines, Victor Cavendish, ninth duke of Devonshire; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, OUP 2004-13
- ↑ The Times, 6 December 1900 p7
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p254
- ↑ Richard Davenport-Hines, Victor Cavendish, ninth duke of Devonshire; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, OUP 2004-13